Trump's 'God Bless the U.S.A' Bible Was Made in China
By: Nikki McCann Ramirez
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The former president promises to bring back manufacturing from China while profiting off of their goods.
Donald Trump's "God Bless the USA" Bibles were printed in China.
The Bibles — gussied-up editions of the King James Bible that include some of the nation's founding documents and the lyrics of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless America" — have been heavily promoted by the Trump campaign, even as the former president attacks China as a threat to American jobs and manufacturing.
According to a Wednesday report from the Associated Press, the Bibles, which retail for $59.99, are being produced for less than $3 each by a printing company in Hangzhou, China. Import and export shipping records analyzed by the Associated Press identified three separate shipments of Bibles with an estimated value of $342,000, suggesting $7 million in revenue off of the grift.
Trump produced the Bibles in partnership with Greenwood and offers special editions including a signed copy that retails for $1,000, and a "The Day God Intervened" edition commemorating the assassination attempt against Trump in July. The website where the Bibles are sold claims no affiliation with Trump's presidential campaign, only the use of his "name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC."
According to financial disclosures reviewed by the Associated Press, Trump at one point received $300,000 in royalties from the sale of the Bible. The disclosures did not clarify what sales period the sum covered, or if additional payments have been made since.
For all the stylings of the Bible as a pro-America product, their production in China directly contradicts Trump and his campaign's rhetoric on China. The former president has proposed levying a 60 percent or more tariff on Chinese goods and promised that his return to office would prompt a "mass exodus" of manufacturing from China to the United States.
During this month's vice presidential debate Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, lauded the former president for having "the wisdom and the courage" to bring back American manufacturing from China.
It's hard to see how that would happen when the former president is hawking products made by his supposed trade adversary.
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I know that everyone else is as shocked as I am to learn this ...
Well OK ordered a bunch for their schools. The state super-fucktard couldn't get inhalers for students the state legislator ordered over a year ago, but they can get all the Trump Bibles they want.
Sends OUR Covid tests in very short supply to his heroe Putin, has his promoted products, as well as his daughters, made in China.
Trump has a unique way of putting US first, wouldn't you say...?
he's bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US ...
Well, you see, he's a businessman and wants to bring back manufacturing jobs but financially he has to go with the manufacturer who can do the work for the least amount of money. So, what he's really saying is that when he's President he'll work hard at making sure Americans can make products for less than China which can only be achieved if he imports China level labor rates and dismantles all environmental protection policies so manufacturers don't have to worry about paying for the messes they make. When he said he wants to bring manufacturing jobs back to America what he's really saying is that he wants to get rid of minimum wage requirements so he and other billionaires can start exploiting American workers and pay them peanuts for their work which will end up reducing inflation as well because the middle class won't be able to afford any of the products they are manufacturing. Manufacturing jobs are brought back, maybe they can even get kids back in on manufacturing, billionaires get richer, inflation goes down so the billionaires billions go even further, ta da! Americas problem solved! /s
that is the most unsurprising news of the day
I'd be surprised if they weren't made in China.
Made in China and you can upgrade to the new super spiritual bamboo covers for as little as an extra $9.99…..hurry these special bamboo covers won’t last long.
I'm waiting for those that have kevlar plates under the leather covers and hidden chin straps in the binding...
I’d have been shocked if Trump had many effort to have them manufactured anywhere else.